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Indo-US Workshop on
Economic and Environmental Modeling
January 19-20, 2004
Habitat Center, New Delhi

Day 1: 19 January, 2004
08:30-9:00 Registration
Session I Inauguration
   
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. P.R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
   
09:10 - 09:40 Inaugural Address: Relevance of Economic and Environmental Modeling
Dr. Pradipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India
   
09:40 - 10:10 U.S. Climate Modeling Perspective
Dr. Michael Shelby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
   
10:10 - 10:30 Tea/Coffee Break

Session II Integrated Modeling Applications
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Richels, Electric Power Research Institute, USA
   
10:30 -11:00 Economic and Environmental Modeling: Overview
Dr. John Weyant, Stanford University
   
11:00 -11:30 Integrated Environment Modeling and Analysis for India
Dr. P.R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
   
11:30 -12:00 Modeling Long-term Technology Strategy for Climate Change
Dr. Jae Edmonds, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA
   
12:00 -12:30 Discussion
   
12:30-13:30

Lunch


Session III Top-down Modeling Applications for India
Session Chair: Dr. Jae Edmonds, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA
   
13:30 - 13:50 Application of Second Generation Models (SGM) for Developing Countries
Dr. Ron Sands, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA
   
13:50 - 14:10 Application of AIM/Materials Model to India
Dr. Ashish Rana, Winrock International India
   
14:10 - 14:30 Efficiency in Electricity Sector in India Employment and Economic Impact Analysis
Dr. Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University
   
14:30 - 15:00 Discussion
   
15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee Break

Session IV Bottom-Up Technology Models
Session Chair: C. Viswanath, Joint Secretary, MoEF
   
15:30 - 16:00 MARKAL Model Applications for India
Dr. Amit Garg, Winrock International India
   
16:00 - 16:30 AIM/Local Model Application for India
Dr. Manmohan Kapshe, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
   
16:30 - 17:00 Discussion and Wrap Up of Day 1

Day 2: 20 January, 2004
Session V Modeling of Agriculture, Forestry and Land-Use Policies
Session Chair: Dr. N.H. Ravindranath, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
   
09:00 - 09:30 Forestry Issues and Land Use Modeling
Dr. Jayant Sathaye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
   
09:30 - 10:00 Impacts of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture
Dr. Naveen Kalra, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
   
10:00 - 10:30 Comments and Discussion
   
10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break

Session VI Modeling Non-CO2 Gases
Session Chair: Vijai Sharma, I.A.S.
   
11:00 - 11:25 India's Experience in Modeling Non-CO2 Gases
Dr. Amit Garg, Winrock International India
   
11:25 - 11:50 Analysis and Results from EMF 21 Studies
Dr. John Weyant, Stanford University, USA
   
11:50 - 12:15 Integrated Environmental Strategies
Dr. John Smith-Sreen, USAID Mission, New Delhi
   
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
   
12:30-13:30 Lunch

Session VII Policy Insights from Economic and Environment Modeling
Session Chair: Dr. William Chandler, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA
   
13:30 - 14:00 Global Policy Insights
Dr. Richard Richels, Electric Power Research Institute, USA
   
14:00 - 14:20 Technology Policy Insights
Dr. Jae Edmonds, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA
   
14:20 - 14:40 Policy Insights for India
Dr. P.R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
   
14:40 - 15:00 Discussion
   
15:00 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee Break

Session VIII Open Forum
   
15:30 - 16:30 Theme: Linking Modeling and Policymaking
Chair: Dr. Pradipto Ghosh, Secretary, MoEF
Panelists
Michael Shelby, USEPA
N.H. Ravindranath, IISc, Bangalore
William Chandler, Battelle, Washington DC
R.K. Mandal, Planning Commission, GoI
Jayant Sathaye, LBNL, USA
Plenary Discussion
   
16:30 - 16:45 Summary and Guidance from the Chair
   
16:45 - 17:00 Conclusions and Vote of Thanks
Dr. P. R. Shukla, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
   
 
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